In our first class we talked about “Takin’ Care of Business” using the Business Model Canvas from the Business Model Generation.
Models: - give us ways to experiment - give us ways to predict the future - and are simplified representation of reality
It broke down the Business Modeling using the 9 key building blocks:
1. Value Proposition – What is my business product 2. Customer Segments – Who is the product for 3. Costumer Relationships – How do we relate to our Customers 4. Channels - How am I getting them the product 5. Key Recourses - What do we need do to make that product/service 6. Key Activities - What do we have to do to make that product/service 7. Partner Network – Who do we partner with and how 8. Cost Structure - What are we getting for this product 9. Revenue Stream – How will we make money
We were told to do two Business Canvases. I chose to one for a fitness gym and the other for a wedding consulting business.
For the gym, I tried to apply my knowledge from being a customer of a gym and trying to understand what I thought they may need.
For the wedding planner, I remembered some of the things that I experienced while working with a wedding planning company.
Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. Postman, Waaaaaaiiiiiitttt Mr. Postman...
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Our first assignment in my MIST 7500: Internet Technology class was to listen to a TechStuff Podcast : “What is a Router?”
After listening to this podcast I tried to think of a way to discuss this topic as well as tie it in with music… then it hit me. Why did I choose “Please Mr. Post Man by the Marvelettes” when there was not even the internet as we know it in 1961. Well Gladys wanted to know if the postman had any mail for her from her boyfriend that he may have brought from the post office.
The basic model of what a router is can be explained in plain language as a Post Office.
The first thing we have to understand is that the internet is a network of networks. Computers talk to each other through multiple networks. Just like people communicate by mail.
The Key Players:
Modem- Post Office
A modem collects information sent through networks and sorts it.
Router – Postman
Once the information collected and sorted by the modem it is sent to the router to deliver it to the computer that requested it.
Gladys is waiting for the Postman to deliver the information that she is expecting. She is depending on him to bring the letter from her boyfriend that was at the post office.
Packets – Mail (Gladys’ letter from her boyfriend)
Traffic on the internet is sent in little packets (mail) that are sent with the information that tells where it is going, where it is coming from and what piece it is (address label). It tells the router (postman) where to take it.
Gladys’ boyfriend sent her a packet. It was ”a card” or maybe “just a letter” with a message that she seems to already know says “he needs me”. Well that none of my business. But I am sure he put an address label to tell the Postman where to take it.
MAC Address - Home Address (Where Gladys lived)
Routers have unique addresses for each item in the network that connects to the internet. This is the way for networks to identify the devices and send the packets that go to that device.
Where does Gladys live? Well her home address should be on the address label that was included on the packet or letter that the postman was trying to deliver to her so he will know exactly where to deliver it to.
Routing Table – GPS or Mapquest (or a Map in 1961)
This isa guide that tells the network “this is the direction that you need to send packets in orderfor information to go from this machine and get to this machine”. It will give the fastest route which may not always be the shortest route.
So we look at it like this,the postman needs to get to Gladys’ address and there are 2 different ways to get there. He can get there straight down Main St. or he can choose to go down Maple, turn left on Oak St. then left down an alley to get to Main St. The first option may seem like the best option, but actually because of the traffic on Main St., the GPS (or map) will tell him to go the other way so he can arrive in a shorter time… Because Gladys is anxious. She’s already told him “Please Mr. Postman, deliver the letter,
the sooner the better”.
The process is more complex than this, but this is a simple way to explain how a router may work in helping us get our email just like the postman may help Gladys get her letter from her boyfriend.
… I just hope he really wrote her a letter. She’s crying for goodness sake.
…Were you expecting Jay-Z? Well, instead you have Kristin
Banks. I am a grad student enrolled in the Master of
Internet Technology Program at the University of Georgia - Terry
College of Business. I am VERY excited to be in this program.
This blog will contain assignments, ideas, and information that we discuss throughout the semester in my MIST 7500: Internet Technology class. We will learn about technologies and business uses of the internet such as networking, business modeling, cloud computing, mobile app development, and of course websites, html, and java.
This will be my first attempt at blogging so please bear with me as I try this out. I wanted this to be interesting, so I thought that each time I posted, I
would use music in some way to tie into the world of technology.It may be the title of the post, photos, lyrics of a song or even a video or music clip. We will go through my "iBlog iPod Playlist".
I will start this musical journey with one of the best rap
battles in history… Well at least in the world of technology. Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Yes, you heard me
right. And without these guys, dare I say, that this course would probably not
even be possible. I know that I would not have this excellent iPod themed journey
through my musical thoughts!
